Recent content by BigFootie

No, it’s not just cool, it’s fricken awesome! They were so much fun to drive.

In the early days, to add Sasquatch to a Base or a Big Bend, you still paid for the automatic even if specifing a manual. We would call it the Manual Transmission Tax. I don’t think that was the case for the Badlands as much of the Sasquatch package came with it. I tried looking for some of...

It goes down on occasion for maintainance. Do worry thou, the rock stars at Ford will have it back up and runnning in no time.

That’s pretty much how I taught my daughter. Reverse gear, no throttle, ease out the clutch. Took her about ten minutes and she had the process down pat. Just need to learn where the clutch starts to grab and when your foot is completely off. It’s been probably 20 years since she drove a...

I was at the DMV the day I turned 16. So was my daughter and took her test in a manual as well. My step daughter waited a couple years and won’t even think about driving the Bronco. I’ve tried to tell her it’s the easiest manual to drive I’ve ever own. I too learned on a mid fifties Chevy...

Near the end of my stint living in Chicago back in the 80’s, I’ll admit that driving a manual in miles of stop and go traffic got old. But, I don’t even really have to think about it when driving now, but I’m never in stop and go traffic anymore. An automatic is definitely easier then and no...

I don’t think so. Even in the beginning the Heritage was a great value if you wanted a 2 door manual with cloth seats. No manual transmission tax and the mid package without have to get vinyl seats plus a hard top that hopefully won’t fall apart in a few years. Of course now, you are limited...

Probably the most significant lines in this article IMO. All you have to do is drive on the highway for any length of time to see this is true. "I think our relationship with our automobiles has changed so much," said Ivan Drury, director of insights at auto research site Edmunds. People...

It happens several times a year. Like it was said earlier, many other sites routinely offer 25% off but that gets eaten up by shipping and you can’t use points. Through Ford, you can ship it directly to most dealers at no charge and use your points.

It is what it is. You’ll probably never know the real reason. Lots of urban myths and few real answers. It will be fine in any case. If you look at my signature, it happened in ‘23 as well as every other year.

That’s because it is not an option in 2026. Neither are 2 door Heritage Editions. The high end special edition now is only the Stroppe and only in 4 doors.

They probably subbed it out to an independent. Pretty much standard with most dealers and body shops. Most independents get a large portion of their business from body shops and dealerships.

Ford made 11.5k Gen 1 Lightnings over a 3 year period. Getting specialty parts became a real challenge after 10-15 years. Not sure what the total number of 2 door Heritages and Stroppes are but I’m guessing way less.

The problem is later on in life if you plan on keeping the vehicle and it’s a low production model. They don’t keep the specialty parts around long. After 10 years or so certain parts that get replaced because of accidents etc become more difficult to source. Given enough demand, somebody may...

That is my biggest fear of having a low production vehicle. I still have a 30 year old side decal and a NOS center cap for the lightning that I never needed. The center caps went from 33.00 to greater than 300.00. LMR made some reproductions for both the decals and the center caps. They were...